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Author:  sports850 [ Wed May 30, 2007 8:38 am ]
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Going to Hay , can't fit all your gear into your mini , you need a minatic trailer ... Pic borrowed from Stuart on the IMMCC board and further info from Bart (aka racing green here) . Who thought 5th wheel trailers were a recent creation :D

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rasing green wrote:
I've got a copy of the brochure and know a Dutchmen who owns 2 of these, none other are known to have survived. He pulls it behind a Morris Minor, the Minatic was designed to fit on the Minor pick-up and mini pick-up.

Here's where you might recognise it from:

http://www.traffic-modelcars.com/minimo ... 3-2003.htm

They did come as Minatic 7, 9 and 11, difference being the length. The one BMC calls a Minatic 7 actualy is a 9.

The hardtops as on the yellow one can be seen on shows, it had something to do with Landrover but I can't quiet remember what exactly.


Edit - fixed link ...

Author:  Mike_Byron [ Wed May 30, 2007 8:43 am ]
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Hahaha - in those days houses in Glasgow were two up and two down with an outside dunny. Not a lot furniture in those houses.

Author:  Blokeinamoke [ Wed May 30, 2007 8:52 am ]
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Mike_Byron wrote:
Hahaha - in those days houses in Glasgow were two up and two down with an outside dunny. Not a lot furniture in those houses.


what do you mean in those days - apart from the new trendy stuff its still like that

Author:  sports850 [ Wed May 30, 2007 8:55 am ]
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I'm wondering how it would handle with a load of furniture on board , even light stuff considerring how far back thetrailer wheels are and how big the storage area is over the goose neck connection . Lot of weight in the middle of the utes load area that's have to pick the nose up . Still , it's probably the best it could be but surely not suited for a full load .

Author:  Blokeinamoke [ Wed May 30, 2007 8:59 am ]
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If you had the load far enough back you wouldnt have that much load on the ute tray. I would be more worried about the brakes.

Author:  sports850 [ Wed May 30, 2007 9:02 am ]
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Blokeinamoke wrote:
I would be more worried about the brakes.


That's a given , imagine the combined weight of trailer , cast iron bed frames , a club lounge and various cutlery , crockery , manchester and clothes pushing on mini brakes ....

Author:  Blokeinamoke [ Wed May 30, 2007 9:02 am ]
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sports850 wrote:
Blokeinamoke wrote:
I would be more worried about the brakes.


That's a given , imagine the combined weight of trailer , cast iron bed frames , a club lounge and various cutlery , crockery , manchester and clothes pushing on mini brakes ....


you forgot the pot plants and boxes of books

Author:  sports850 [ Wed May 30, 2007 9:11 am ]
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Yeah , boxes of books especially :shock:

Author:  Racing Green [ Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:56 am ]
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There's one on this vid, on 2:32: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=70125

Author:  '77 clubby van [ Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:57 pm ]
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It'd be very exciting in a breezy cross wind too I'd imagine! :shock:

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